Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries.
Few Ontario women with invasive ovarian cancer...
(University of Toronto) An Ontario study of 491 women with invasive ovarian cancer found only a small proportion, 19 percent, were referred for genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the breast...
New Breast Cancer Scan Cuts False Alarms
A new type of scan may cut down on the number of false alarms associated with currently used techniques for spotting breast cancer, researchers report.
New mammography technology effective in detecting...
(Radiological Society of North America) A study has found that positron emission mammography, a new technique for imaging the breast, is not affected by either breast density or a woman's...
The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful...
Until recently, there was little women could do to prevent breast cancer. After years of research, nutrition is emerging as one of the most important weapons to fight this deadly disease....
It's Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of...
For more than two decades, author Debra Jarvis has counseled cancer patients in her work as a chaplain. Then, in an ironic twist, she herself was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. This...
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